2009 Honor Roll (continued)

Claudette (Prefontaine) O’Brien ‘63 Susan O’Connell ‘00 Dorothy (Irving) Olson ‘64/’04 Steven Pelles & Debra Kamm-Pelles Dr. Charles & Mary Perkins Richard Potter ‘05 Steven Rich Thomas Rudden ‘07 Donna (Famolare) Russo ‘85 Debra (Shepherd) Sargent ‘74 Carolyn Schlegel ‘57^ Deborah A. Slicis ‘03^ Anna W. (White) Spellissy ‘43^ Lorraine A. Stec ‘55

Donald Szarkowicz^

In memory of Susanne Johnson ‘66

Shiela Tarr David Tecsi ‘96 Aniello C. Trotta^ Kandace (Smith) Van Gorder ‘73^ Victor Van Neste Merrie (Ellis) Walker ‘64 Michael Wall ‘02 Sandra L. (Elliott) Wallace ‘59^ Jane K. (Kelley) Wilkins ‘58 Jean E. (Hogarth) Zink ‘51^

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Family of Anonymous ‘96 Margaret (Concannon) Abramson ‘71^

Gary & Lynn Allen

In honor of Richard Allen ‘10

Mildred A. (Ayer) Allen ‘54 Nancy B. Amado ‘93 Susan (Pelton) Appel ‘61 Margarita Ascencio Marietta Baier David Baker ‘84^ Maxine J. (Bejtlich) Balkus ‘64 Joanne L. (Menesale) Bates ‘57 Adele Bernstein ‘56 Alissa Bertram Louise Bolduc^ Carmen D. (Pratt) Bonney ‘52 Kenknee Bowker

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Fisher Making Headlines

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Left: Fashion Show circa 1950.

Fashion Show

Right: Freedom of Expression circa 2009.

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The Spring Fashion Show, entitled “Freedom of Expression,” featured, for the first time, garments created entirely by fashion design students. The Show has been an annual Fisher event for more than 50 years.

Fisher Online Ranked #12

Moving up in the rankings from last year, Fisher Online landed at #12 in the nation by Online Education Database. Fisher was the only higher education institution in New England to make the list. President Thomas M. McGovern said, “This ranking reaffirms our belief that our online degree

College 101 Celebrates Its Third Year

Fisher continues to contribute in meaningful and result-driven ways to

Boston’s youth with its innovative college entrance program College 101. College 101 demystifies the higher education experience – and prepares students to succeed when they arrive at colleges and universities. A $10,000 grant from the Citizens Bank Foundation supported

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22 students from four Boston public high schools who took Introduction to Business or Introduction to Communications. Five College 101 graduates will matriculate at Fisher this Fall as members of the Class of 2013. The intention is to export the College 101 model to several higher education institutions in order to reach hundreds of rising seniors throughout Boston.

The first Fisher Alumni Panel focused on jobs in the health care field. Featured panelists included: Grace Beason ’04 is the Regional Director of Privacy & Security at EDS; Lisa Francis ’05 is the Team Leader of the Financial Access Unit of Admitting & Registration Services at the Massachusetts General Hospital; Rebecca Kibazo-Gasque ’08 is the Medical Staff Credentialing Coordinator at Lahey Clinic; and Claudia Tessier ’64 is the President and Founder

of mHealth Initiative. The discussion, moderated by Heather Gariepy, Director of Career Services, revealed each panelist’s belief that finding a mentor was the most rewarding experience of their professional lives. Future Alumni Panels will concentrate on leadership, management, and other themes.

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program is one of the best in the country and validates our approach to online education.”

Fisher’s Online Degree Program national ranking by Online Education Database.

The Boston Business Journal featured President McGovern prominently in several stories. In “Colleges strive to hold line on tuition,” President McGovern spoke about Fisher’s keen interest in maintaining access.

“Revenue chase sends colleges to Web” offered President McGovern a chance to discuss the College’s success with Fisher Online. Fisher was among the first

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institutions in the country to develop an exclusively on-line program. The Boston Globe, in an article entitled “Worried workers race to retool: Adults head to school in droves, fretting over layoffs, a lack of skills,” noted that Fisher has “seen enrollment in its health information technology program swell 16 percent and its criminal justice program 21 percent over last year.”

2009 Honor Roll (continued)

Glenice Boyd ‘56 Terence & Kelli Brodie

In honor of Austin Brodie ‘10

Marie Brutus

In honor of Jon Francois ‘12

Arthur Bumpus Louise (Patten) Burgess ‘58

Suzanne Carigan

In honor of Brian LeVie ‘10

Charlene (Fourcher) Carle ‘67 Nancy D. (Davis) Chadbourne ‘50 Amy Ye Cho ‘91 Chris Christopher Theresa L. (Busher) Clarke ‘93 Marie K. Collins ‘50 T. Jewell (Warwell) Collins ‘51^ Nancy (Farrell) Colwell ‘54

Fisher on the Hill: Students Lobby State House

Taking their message of expanding state and federal support for financial aid

programs to the State House, Fisher students visited Beacon Hill on Financial Aid Day. 96% of Fisher students receive some form of state and federal financial aid. Students handed boxes of cookies to their hometown representatives. The Student Government Association organized the trip in collaboration with the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM), which hosted the event. Fisher was among the best-represented institutions.

Christopher & June Cook

In honor of Brendan Cook ‘11

Melinda Cook Betty O. (O’Brien) Coolidge ‘61 Margaret M. Cosgrove ‘85 John P. Costello ’94

Doris (Leahy) Curtis ‘47^

In memory of Barbara Taylor Mattson ‘47

Alumni Discuss the Health Care Industry

Judith L. (Gardner) Day ‘58 Cindy (Vibber) DeBiasi ‘83 Carla DeLucia Kathleen M. DeWitt ‘05 Barbara C. (Campbell) Dillon ‘49 Barbara (Breslin) Downs ‘64 Nancy G. (Ingalls) Drummond ‘64 Scott Dulin Helen O. (Omer) Duran ‘62^ Judith A. (Carrier) Engel ‘67^ Eddy Fernezan ‘96 Linda (McDormand) Fleischli ‘62 Donna S. (Still) Follansbee ‘65^ Joan M. Forte ‘58^ Penny Foster ‘68 Marion (Drew) Francis ‘47 Lydia A. Gonsalves ‘98^ Jean M. Giro ‘03 Jacqueline (Rowe) Gounaris ‘63

Stephen & Jean Hall

In honor of Derek Hall ‘11

Charlotte Hamill

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